US Considering New Relief Mission In Iraq

WochitAug. 27, 2014. 06:15 AM EST

U.S. defense officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is considering launching a hu...
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U.S. defense officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is considering launching a humanitarian relief operation for Shiite Turkmen in northern Iraq, who have been under siege for weeks by Islamic State militants. The mission, if it goes forward, would be the second recent U.S. military humanitarian intervention in Iraq. U.S. cargo planes dropped tons of food and water to displaced Yazidis on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq earlier this month, supported by U.S.
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